Our Director, Sri Mataji

Sri Mataji, a teacher of Meditation and Yoga for over 50 years, is the Spiritual Director of Kailashanandaji Mission of America Inc., which she established as a non-profit organization in 1981 to promote health and well-being at the request of Swami Kailashanandaji. She established this non-profit organization with Swami G Kailashanandaji as President. The goal of this nonprofit is to promote health and well-being. When anything is created in the yoga tradition, the female creator of the project is called "Mataji," a title that shows respect and is literally translated as "Mother." The title "Sri Mataji" was conferred on the spiritual director of K.M.A., Inc. by her teacher, Swami Kailashanandaji, who designated her qualified to continue the ancient tradition of the compassionate service of teaching meditation and yoga.

Trained in Hatha, Raja, and Vedanta Yoga since 1973, Mataji holds an advanced degree in Anatomy/Physiology specializing in Yoga Therapy from Biomedical Institute, Cambridge, England. She is certified to train Yoga instructors, a certified Yoga Therapist, a public speaker, an author, and a yoga behavioral therapist. Mataji teaches Vedanta and Meditation and offers special retreats and programs for advanced study; she has developed the meditation training programs offered by Kailashanandaji Mission of America, Inc., and has trained all affiliated instructors.